Marking tag and attachment means thereon



Oct. 17, 1933.

s. WEISS 1,930,634

MARKING TAG AND ATTACHMENT MEANS THEREON Filed June 2. 1933 cl/QJ.

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ATTO N EY Patented Oct. 17, 1933 UNITED STATES 'PATE NT oEFlcE Samuel Weiss,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application June 2, 1933. Serial No. 673,982 l 3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in marking tags and attachment means thereon and it consists in the novel features which are hereinafter more fully described.

One of the objects of my invention is to produce a fabric marking tag with attachment means thereon for connecting the same to parts of garments such as buttons, buttonholes and the like, whereby to avoid the piercing of the garments by attachment staples on tags.

Another object of my invention is to have the said tag and attachment means proof against the action of chemicals such as are used in laundries, dyeing establishments and the like.

A further object of my invention is to have the said tag and attachment means thereon simple, durable and inexpensive.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

I attain these objects by the marking tags and attachment means thereon, one form of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, or by any mechanical equivalent or obvious modification of the same.

Fig. 1 is a plan View of one form of mymarking tag and attachment means thereon, Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view drawn to a larger scale of a detail, which is shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4; the above detail refers to an attachment means which is shown Iin Figs. 4 and 5 as separate from the tag and in a condition before being attached to the latter.

Similar numerals and letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the tag 31 is provided with an attachment means 33-34-35 which consists of a metal strip comprising a relatively very narrow band 33 at the intermediate part of said strip and enlarged end pieces 32 and 34; the end piece 32 is connected to the tag 31 by means of a pair of tongues 36 which are slitted out of the material of the end piece 32; these tongues 36 are initially bent at right angles to the plane of the end piece 32 as shown in Fig. 5 and extend in the direction of the fabric tag 31, when said end piece 32 is placed thereon, the tongues 36, are made to pierce the fabric of the tag 31 by pressing the hand piece 32 against the tag 31, whereupon the ends of the tongues 36 are riveted over the opposite side of the tag as shown in Fig. 3, thereby securing the strip to the tag.

in a direction opposite to the position of the tag with relation to the strip as shown in Fig. 2 and is employed to connect the end piece 32 of the strip to the end piece 34 thereof, afterthe part 33 of the strip is passed through a buttonhole of a garment, to which the tag is to be attached. 1

The end piece 34 of the stripis shown as having formed thereon a reentrant cup 37 which has therein a tapered opening 38 in the center thereof, which opening terminates in an aperture 39, as shown in Fig. 5.

To make a tight joint between said tongue 35 and theopening 38 in said cup 37 a portion of the tag 31, such as a corner 31a thereof, may be bent over and placed between said tongue 35 and the opening 38 in the cup 37. The tongue 35 may also be passed through a portion of a garment, if desired, preliminary to inserting it into the opening 38, whereby the tag 31 may be connected to a garment which has no buttonholes therein.

The outlines of the tongue 35 and the opening 38 may also be made such as to cause said tongue 35 to be retained by friction in said opening 38 after the former has been pressed into the latter. The

tongue 35 may also be connected to the strip 34 otherwise than as shown in the drawing.

In this way may a tag be attached to a garment without perforating the latter.

If it be desirable to connect the strip 32-33-34 to a button on a garment the intermediate part 33 may be wound around the necky of the button (to wit: the threads which connect the button to the garment) and the end pieces 32 and 34 of the strip may then be connected to each other as hereinbefore described.

The strip 32-33-34 may also be disposed with relation to the tag 31 otherwise than as shown in the drawing and the tongues 36 may be made initially to extend in the same direction as the tongue 35, if desired; the strips may also be nonmetallic and secured to the tag otherwise than as shown in the drawing.

Many other changes may be made in the details of my tag and attachment means thereon without departing from the main scope of my invention, and a part of my invention maybe used without other parts.

I do not, therefore, restrict myself to the details as shown in the drawing; but I intend to include also all mechanical equivalents and obvious modifications of the same within the scope of my invention.

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I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination of a marking tag and a strip for connecting the same to a garment, said strip having a part thereof secured to the tag, a

tapered projection on one end of the strip and a. part at the other end of said strip having therein a taperedopening toft ,said projection, `florreceiv-l ing andretaningil therein saidiprojectionin fric-- tional engagement therewith when said projection is pressed into the said opening, thereby c onnecting the two ends of said strip to each other.;`

after connecting the same to a p art of a garment. 2. The combination of a' marking tag and: a; metal strip for connecting the same to a garment,I

said strip having multiple tongues slittherefrom:

for riveting the same to said t aga tapered tongue at one end of said strip and `party at the other `endx iii atapered opening to t said tongue for receiving and-'l retai'nirig-l therein said tongue in frictional engagement therewith when said tongue is pressed intomthesaidppening, thereby connecting the two ends of the strip to each other.

. SAMUEL WEISS. 

